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The author claims that specific legal instruments in the so‑called external administrative supervision over the activities of the courts, which – according to the above‑mentioned bill – are to be granted to the Minister of Justice, do not enter into the realm of judicial independence, nor do they relate to the substance of the hearing of cases. Therefore, they are consistent with the constitutionally enshrined principle of judicial independence and the principle of division and balance between the legislative, executive and judicial powers.